Julie Kendall

Sports Editor

 

Both of Wooster’s swimming and diving teams fell to Allegheny College and Grove City College last Saturday, ending their four-meet winning streak at a double dual matchup in Meadville, Pa. Scores for the women were 152-145 against Allegheny and 171-114 versus Grove City, while the men lost 176-118 and 173-125 to those respective schools.

Posting the best individual performance for the women was Kate Hunt ’13, who swept the butterfly events with wins in the 100 (58.51) and 200 (2:10.69).

Caroline Hanson ’13 earned the only other individual victory for the Scot women, edging out her opponents in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:34.95. Hanson also earned third place in the 100 breaststroke in a closely contested heat. Her time of 1:11.67 was just 0.19 seconds behind the first place winner from Grove City, and a mere 0.06 seconds behind the Allegheny swimmer who finished second.

The Scots accumulated points with a number of second-place finishes, including two from Samira El-Adawy ’13 in the 200 backstroke (2:14.39) and the 400 IM (4:47.71), and from Morgan Hughes ’15 in the 100 freestyle (54.44). In the closely-contested 200 freestyle event, Allegheny outtouched the team of Hunt, Clare Walsh ’13, Alex Desotelle ’16 and Hughes by just 0.51 seconds, which gave the Scots second place with a time of 1:40.93. The 400 medley relay also settled for second, with El-Adawy, Hanson, Hughes and Hunt timing in at 4:07.46.

Notable third-place finishes on the women’s side include Kara Markham ’14 in both the 500 free (5:28.37) and the 100 free (11:08.84), Mariah McGovern ’14 in the 100 backstroke, Hughes in the 50 free (25.11) and Anna Duke ’15 in the 100 butterfly (1:02.55).

Brian Maddock ’15 led the Wooster men’s team with a sweep of the backstroke events, going 53:12 in the 100 and 1:59.82 in the 200. He teamed up with Alex LaJoie ’13, Peter Parisi ’13 and Imre Namath ’13 to bring home another victory in the 400-medley relay (3:37.67).

Parisi scored his own individual victory in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.14), and settled for second in the 100 butterfly (52.96). Zack Pool ’16 posted second place in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:05.07.

Namath placed third in the 50 and 100 freestyle events (22.29 and 49.39), and contributed to the third-placing 200 freestyle relay effort alongside Parisi, LaJoie and James Love ’15. Hawken Lewis ’16 was the only top-three finisher for Wooster’s diving team, placing third in the 3m event with a score of 192.80.

Both Wooster teams finish the regular season with a 6-4 record. They will compete next at the NCAC championships Feb. 14-16 in Canton, Ohio.